United States v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis
569 F.2d 1003 · 1978
Citation profile
97 federal appellate · 1 district · 24 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 134 later decisions — most recently July 2025 · most notably State v. Odom (1983), United States v. Torres (1990)
97 federal appellate · 1 district · 24 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 111 (Federal Judiciary Protection Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 1114
Relies on In the Matter of Samuel Winship · Mullaney v. Wilbur · Patterson v. New York · United States v. Radio Television News Directors Ass'n · Weatherford v. Bursey
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 134 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'whether the instructional mistake had a probable impact on the jury's finding that the defendant was guilty'”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“If evidence of self-defense is present, the Government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant did not act in self-defense. If you find that the Government has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant did not act in self-defense, you must find the defendant not guilty. In other words, if you have a reasonable doubt whether or not the defendant acted in self-defense, your verdict must be not guilty.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“distinctly the matter to which he objects and the grounds of his objection.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.